National Republican., 1887-10-03


BROOKLYN, Oct. The capacity for n stlll
larPer audience has been made at the Brook.
lyn Tabernacle. An adloined lecture room has
been built, 80 that during the week 1t is used
by itself, but on the Sabbath It Is thrown into
the main auditorium and flied by those sitting
or standing Notwithstanding the enlarge
ment the crowds that go away not able to
get inside the building are greater
this fall than ever before. To-day the pastor
explained appropriate passages OF Scripture
Prof. Browne rendered upon the organ the
first sonata in d minor, Ritter The text Of
the sermon was from II Corinthians. ch. viii, v.
o; "Ye know the grace Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your
axes He became poor" DR.. Talmage said:
That all the worlds which on a cold win
ter's night make the heavens one great glitter
are iDhabitantless is an absurdity. Phloso-
piers tell us that many OF these worlds are too
hot or too cold or too rnrefed OF atmosphere
for residence. But, II not tit for human abode,
superior to ourselves. We are told that the
world OF Jupiter is changing until 1t is almost
a. for creatures sId IKE the human race and
if ihe structure @ of NIUE the 'nSass sesSIratolg lg
organs, But that there Is great world swung
that 1t is the headquarters of the universe, and
the metropolis OF immensely, and has a popu-
lation in numbers vast beyond all statistics
and appointments of splendor beyond tho
| capacity of canvas, or poem, or angel to
describe, is as certain as the Bible is authentic.
Perhaps some Of the astronomers with their
| big telescopes have already caught glimpse
| oft, not knowing what It f.. We spell It with
six letters ana pronounce 1t Heaven.
| That is where Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries ago. he was the Kings son: II was
| the old Homestead of eternity, aud all Its cas-
ties were as old az God. Not a frost had ever
| chilled the air, Not a tear had ever rolled
| There had never been in II q headache, or a
sideache. or a hearteche. There bad not
| been funeral IN the memo'y Of the old.
for there had never been anything to
NOUN over. The passage of millions ofyears
| any of Its citizens. All the people there were
| In state of eternal adolescence. What floral
and pomonic ricbnessl Gardens of perpetual
bloom and orchards in unending fruitage. Had
| some spirit from another world entered and
| asked, what is SIM what Is bereavement? what
is sorrow2 what Is deatb2 the brightest of the
tion, though to study the. question there were
silence In heavenltor half and hour. The Prince
| ofwhom speak had hOnors emoluments, ,accla.
tqrresra % ever r. enjoyed en- % As He sH' passed tSs S
street the inhabitants took of from their brows
garlands Of white lilies and threw them in
|
without all the worshipers rising up and bow
irg in obeisance, In all the professions of
the high days He was the one who evoked the
ioudest welcome Son Sometimes on foot, walking
land, but at other times He took chariot,
and among the 10000 that David spoke
of His was the swifiest and most
Him, He took white paiirey with what prance
OF foot, and arch of neck, and roll of name,
and CLEAN of eye is only dimlv suggested in
| q mt tlra nj th.,ry
waiting for the Father to die and then take the
| throne. when few years ago an artist in
Germany made picture for the Royal Gallery
representing Emperor William on the throne
| and the Crown Prince as having one foot on
the step of the throne, Emperor William or.
| dered the picture changed, and said. LET the
prince keep his foot of the throne till leave
Already enthroned was the heavenly Prince
side by side with the Father. Whata circle
towers chimed the Princes praises. OF all the
inhabitants, from the center of the city on
against which the ocean of immensity rolls It's
billows, the Prince was the acknowledged
fsvorite. No wonder my text says tnat HE
in one scepter, build all the palaces of the
earth in one Alhambra, gather all the pearls
Of the sea In one diadeui, put all the values Of
express his atiuence. Yes, Paul was right
Solomon had in gold six hundred and eighty
million pounds, and in silver one bill:
and seventy-seven, pounds sterling But O
greater than Solomon Is here, Not
The millionaire. but the qusdrlllionaire of
ings the Bible uses all colors, gathering them
| In rainbow over the throne aud setting them
A. agate In the temple window, and hOisting
twelve OF them into wall from strip d
Jasper at the base 70 transparent amethyst in
Tho capstone, while between are green OF
emerald, and snow OF pearl, and blue. Of sap
% prssus, % and iiame Of jacipi6. % i Aii the loyeii @
nuH OF Landscape in foliage. aud river, and
and all enShantment sluamarlne, the sea
sinks in the Mediterranean. All the thrill Of
music, instrumental aud vocal, harps trum-
pets, doNologies. There stood the Prince. sur
the velocity of millions of miles In second
rich in love, rich in alteration, rich In power,
rich in worship. iich IN holiness. rich as God
ss day there was big disaster In
| world in ruinsl Our planet the scene OF cat
astIophe! globe swinging out into darkness
with mountains, and seas and islands, an aw,
fnl centrifugal Of sin seeming to overpowel
| the beautiful centripetal of righteousness, and
| from 1t groan reached heaven. Such sound
bad never been heard there. Plenty of swee,
sounds. but never an outcry OF distress or an
| echo of agony. At that one groan the Prince
rose from ell the blissful circumference and
started TOR the outer gate and descended into
harbor into what rough sea-! ''stay with us, u
poten!ate. "No." said the Prince, ~ cannot
must stop that groan, l must hush that d distress
| ! must tathom that way. 1 must redeem
those nations Fareweli, thrones and temples,
Gompanions cherubic, seraphic, archangelic
Excuse this absence, for will come back
| again, carrying on my shoulder q ransomed
| world. TIN this Is done choose earthly scofi
kings palace, frigid zone of earth to atmos-
pherc OF celestial radiance. have no time to
lose, for hark 20 70 the groan that grows
"Ye know the grace Of our Lord Jesus Christ
| became poor"
as that between the MONDAY OF Christ's celes-
| tial departure and the midnight of his earthly
arrival? Sure enough, the angels were out
as escort but al that Wss Om SseT
| worlds, and not from this world, The earth
made no demonstration OF welcome. II Que
| Of the great princes of this world steps out at
depot cheers resound, ana the bands play. aud
the flags wave. But for the arrival OF this
| missionary Prince of the skies not torch
hared, not trumpet blew, not plume hut-
| tered. All the music and pomp were over
| head. Our world opened for Him nothing
! better than barn door. The rajah Of CASH
| mere sent TO Victoria bedstead Of carved
| gold and canopy that cost $3.50 600, but the
world had for the Prince of heaven and earth
| only litter OF straw. The crown jewels In
the tower OF London amount to Sl5 0O0, 900. but
this member OF eternal royalty had no where
| to lay His head. To know how poor He was,
| ask the camel drivers, ask the shepherds, ask
May, ask the three wise men of the east,
| who afierward came there young Caspar aud
| middle-aged Balhssar and Old Melchior. To
| know how poor He was examine all the rec
ords OF real estate In all that oriental country
aud see what vineyard or what house or what
| field He owned. Not one. OF what mortgage
YVES He the morgngee2 OF what tenement was
| He the laidlord2 OF what lease was He the
lesseeH Who ever paid Him rent? Not owning
| the boat on which He sailed or the beast on
| which He rode or the pillow IN which He
slept. lie had had so little estate that III order
| to pay His tax He had TO perform u miracle,
putting the amount OF the assessment In fish 5
| mouth and having II nanled ashore, And alter
| HIS death the world rushed in to take an In.
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